Peugeot e-208 GTI revealed in full - update!

£35k for new electric GTI, with range, performance, colours all confirmed

By Matt Bird / Friday, 12 June 2026 / Loading comments

UPDATE, 12/06/2026:
If maybe not the most significant debut of Le Mans weekend, the Peugeot e-208 GTI deserves to go recognised. Behind (or perhaps level with) VW as the purveyor of the greatest GTIs ever, a new Peugeot hot hatch can’t be ignored on PH. And no, you aren’t going mad either - this was revealed earlier in the week (see the story below). Now, fresh from the Le Mans press conference, we have the all important numbers.

281hp is the peak output for the e-208, just like the Corsa GSE (expect to hear that quite a lot), which means 0-62mph in 5.5 seconds - take that, Alpine - and a 112mph top speed. The made-in-France M4+ electric motor is supplied by a 51kWh usable battery, with ‘management adapted to meet the exceptional demands of the GTI motor’ - you’ll always get max power, basically, because of cooling upgrades - for 233 miles of range. Which is just about fine by the standards of the segment. There’s a small caveat, however: that claim is with the no-cost-option Hankook Ventus S1 Evo3 tyres. For the full GTI experience you’ll probably be wanting the Michelin Pilot Sport 4S (they are standard), which drop the claims to a 218-mile maximum.

The chassis upgrades sound like they’ll want the best rubber to take full advantage of them. The GTi sits 25mm lower than a standard e-208, with tracks widened a significant 56mm at the front and 28mm at the rear. The front anti-roll bar is now joined by a 31mm rear item, and the front brakes employ beefy 355mm discs. There’s a Sport mode for the ESP for when you want to play at French tarmac rally driver, which will be further encouraged by ‘specific springs and exclusive dampers’ with hydraulic bump stops, plus steering ‘calibrated for a more direct, dynamic response’. Don’t forget the LSD, too. The kerbweight is 1,535kg.

As has become Peugeot GTI tradition since the 205, there are few design cues that hint at this e-208’s special status. See the 18-inch wheels like the old 1.9 rims, the C-pillar badges, the red mats and a mild bodykit. The interior will also benefit from unique seats, GTI performance pages, configurable ambient lighting and an augmented sound (that can be turned off). With more red just about everywhere, it seems safe to say you won’t forget the GTI-ness of this Peugeot.

As for outside, there’ll be a choice of seven colours - none of them two-tone like the old 208, thank goodness. Disappointingly, two are grey, but the Agueda Yellow that looks so cool on a standard car is on the palette, as is a new Miramar Blue - hopefully it’s close to the old Miami for full retro cool. The rest of the colour char is made up by Elixir Red, Okénite White and Perla Nera Black. For the moment, there’s nothing confirmed about options in the press material, though an Alcantara wheel, Peugeot i-Connect Advanced and Vehicle2Load are included.

The price? €42,900 in France, or £37,000 at current exchange rates, though £34,995 is being reported for the UK from multiple sources. At the moment an Alpine A290 GTS+ is £34,245 with the £3,750 Electric Car Grant; the standard e-208 only qualifies for £1,500 off, so it’ll probably be the same for this. The Mini JCW Electric is from £34,905. With all the specs and features now live on Peugeot UK’s website (plus more 205 pics, of course), we can’t be far off getting an RRP finalised. And then behind the (slightly too small) steering wheel…

ORIGINAL STORY, 09/06/2026:
So, here it is then: Peugeot’s vision of an electrified GTI future, the e-208 GTI. Looks pretty familiar, right? Very much a deliberate ploy. See last year’s e-208 GTI concept, also shown at Le Mans, was met with such an enthusiastic response (or so Peugeot says) that the decision was made to keep the real thing as close to the preview as possible.

In what is actually pretty typical Peugeot hot hatch fashion, the new GTI isn’t outlandish. There are red accents, chunky wheels tucked up into extended arches, and C-pillar badges just like you-know-which GTI. The interior is redone with an abundance of red accents and heavily bolstered sports seats. The 208 isn’t trying quite as hard as something like an Alpine A290, complete with its ‘crossed out’ driving lights like an old race car, but from here it looks a whole lot more exciting than the Corsa GSE. Exactly where a Peugeot GTI should sit. The standard e-208 is a pretty enough looking thing; this GTI ramps up the aggression without totally butchering that appeal.

Speaking of the Corsa, expect a lot of its specs to match the Peugeot, given they’re both built on the Stellantis e-CMP architecture. Plus, if the styling of the 2025 concept has continued largely unchanged, let’s hope for the same from the mechanical spec: last year Peugeot was promising 280hp, a limited-slip diff, hydraulic bump stops and Michelin Cup 2s. Just like the Corsa, in fact…

Full details are going to be announced about the e-208 GTI on Friday, a year since the concept was first shown. And from tomorrow, there will be blue, white and red examples on display in the 24 Hours village, representing ‘Peugeot’s French charisma’ as it marks a centenary since its first Le Mans. Might help with making a spec decision for later in 2026, too…